Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-26
THE BEAUTIFUL TEETOTUM.
Clothing Shown off on a Living Figure
with a Soul for the Business.

with a Soul for the Business.
The plain sandwich man walking be-
tween two boards, sad and watery of eve
and blue of lip and nose-for the wind
whistles unkindly through the open sides
of the comfortless overcoat-this we'll
known figure Of the streets sinks into obliv-
ion compared to the new human adver-
Using medium which may now be seen in
the Bowery. In the great show window of
clothing store in that thoroughfare there
stands every afternoon a gorgeous figure
which never fails to pack the sidewalk in
front of the place with crowd. The feet
of this figure rest on small circular plat
form which rises up out of a small sea of
overcoats, undercoats, waistcoats and other
articles of mems attire, and it slowly and
steadily revolves, propelled by unseen
clockwork. 1t is none of your dummies
that stands on it, but veritable live and
active young man, of good figure and clear
cut, good-looking face, and Solomon in all
his glory was never clad in such an assert
ment of dashing fall and winter clothing as
is this young man. Checkered trousers he
wore yesterday and dark coat and waist
coat and an overcoat that was dream of
beauty. On his hands he wore yellow kids
and on his head shiny silk hat, cooked at
the easy, genteel Jerry Hartigan angle,
and as he turned slowly about, presenting
now a front, then side and then rear
view, he gracefully twirled natty little
bamboo cane. He smiled not, neither did
he heed the explanations of admiration,
mingled with now and then jeer, which
came from the crowd upon the sidewalk
He was apparently wrapped up in his role
of the Bowery ideal of perfectly dressed
"gent," and he gravely posed in every at
titude which would show off the cut and
general effect of his garments. Many peo-
pie who stopped to look at him yesterday
thought he was made Of wax, but they
were soon disabused of that idea, and those
who were at first disposed to laugh re-
manned to admire the young man for his
self-possession aud the enthusiasm which
he threw into his duties. 1t was great
hit.
Yes, we find it better than the old plan
of dressing up well-made young men and
sending them out around town with few
dimes in their pockets to treat the boys
and distribute our cards. To say nothing
of the loss of unprincipled ones running off
with our clothes and forgetting to come
back. OF course clothes can't be worn
about town and showed off without be-
coming more or less soiled Then the
figures would get drunk and play hob with
what they had on. Intemperance is the
bane of that business, as it is of so many
others
Now the young man in that window
is in a glass showcase as it were.
He can't muss himself and he
doesn't get himself dusty, and,
what is more yet, he can't get drunk. OF
course it takes man of good deal of
spirit and confidence in himself to do it.
A man who had poor opinion of himself
couldn't get along nohow. A man must
have proper degree of pride to do that
work, and he must have soul that goes
out to meet the poetry of Clothes 1t is a
big thing and a new thing, and if an adj
vertisement that attracts attention pays.
why, that pays.
'But we don't allow any MASKING. If
you will observe that young man you will
see that he looks right straight over the
heads of the crowd. He is handsome
fellow, there is no doubt about that, and
when he first began revolving there l
thought some Of the girls would go right
through the glass window and lug him off
bodily. But they soon saw it was no USE
That mans heart was in his clothes-that
is, it was in the firms clothes-and all the
eyes they made at him were just thrown
away, and they gave it up.
'Pay? Well, won't undertake to say
what he gets. To man of spirit it ought
to be pretty good pay to be dressed up all
day and know people are looking at INN.
And what is the difference between him
and the dudes who walk on upper Broad
way and Fifth avenue Pm. Y. San.